Hardback with slipcase. In excellent, fine, as new condition - still shrinkwrapped. Three quarter bound in cloth, with a Modigliani paper front board. 23.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Laminated boards. No dust jacket as published. In excellent, clean and tight, near fine condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks to pages. Very slight bumps to a couple of corners. pp. xi, 213. 24.6cm tall. View More...
Softback in excellent, fine condition; not previously owned. Signed by the author on the title page - no inscription / dedication. pp. 128. 23.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with slipcase. In excellent, fine, as new condition - still shrinkwrapped. Bound in cloth blocked with a design by Marcus Leis Allion. 25.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In very good condition. Original black boards, very slightly faded at the spine ends. The binding is firm. Full page inscription on the front endpaper, signed by the author [...from one former Royal Secretary to another], dated 1979. Some foxing to the endpapers, dust jacket flaps and to closed textblock page edges. The front flap of the dust jacket has been price clipped, is lightly rubbed at the edges and has a couple of short tears. Imprint of a now-removed paperclip at the top edge of the first few pages where presumable a note was clipped to the book. pp. xv, 37... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First UK edition. A near fine copy in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Publisher's original orange boards. Just lightly bruised spine ends. The binding is firm and square. Inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Excellent clean condition. Dust jacket slightly bruised at spine ends. Not price clipped. pp. 275. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket, in excellent, clean and tight, fine condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. xx, 276. 24cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Full sheepskin binding, with original glassine wrapper and red slipcase. A limited edition from the Golden Cockerel Press, copy no. 424 of 500. Signed by the two authors and the main illustrator : Philip Page, John Drinkwater, William Walcot. Printed on a lovely quality hand-made paper. The boards bow outwards slightly when out of the slipcase. Glassine wrapper is yellowed. The sewn binding is firm and the pages are in lovely clean condition. The red slipcase is rubbed and a little chipped at the edges. pp. 31. 24.5cm tall. View More...
Soft back in excellent, fine, as new condition. Clean, tight and unmarked; appears unused. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, Fourth Series. pp. xiv, 513. 22.8cm tall. View More...
Later printing. Soft back in excellent, clean and tight, near fine condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. x, 242. 22.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page (no inscription / dedication). Second edition; the first edition was published in 1955. In very good condition. The binding is firm and inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Minor bumps to the corners of the boards. A small mark to the closed textblock foredge (see photos). Dust jacket is lightly bruised at the edges and the front flap has been price clipped. pp. xiv, 306, [+ plates]. 25cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. An acceptable reading copy. The book is in good condition but the dust jacket only fair. Publisher's original black boards, slightly faded at the edges. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages are darkened / discoloured at the edges. The dust jacket has been covered in a clear sticky-back plastic (not removable) but was clearly in quite a worn condition before a previous owner covered it in the sticky-back plastic; has old sellotape to the underside and a small section of loss to the top edge of the back co... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First edition, 1948. Condition is fair. The red boards have faded to orange in large part, spine writing barely visible, and there are several pale stains to the boards. A heavy bump to the bottom corners and a lesser bump to the top corners. There is a slight partial crack to the front inner hinge but the binding remains firm. Previous owner's signature and date (1948) neatly in ink at the top of the front pastedown. Profusely illustrated with photographs. A decent reading copy. Pages clean. pp. 208. 22.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket as published. In excellent, near fine condition - clean, tight and unmarked. The covers are a little faded in the region of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A presumably Russian state-sanctioned history of Crimea. pp. 271. 21.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, fine condition. Binding is firm and square. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Second impression of the U.S. edition. Dust jackets in this series are usually seen with a matte finish and this copy has a glossy dust jacket. A super copy. pp. xvii, [1], 1006. 24.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, very near fine condition. The top of the textblock has very slightly darkened (compared to the other textblock edges). In otherwise clean and tight condition. The binding is firm and square. No previous owner's names or inscriptions; no other marks to pages. Dust jacket not price clipped. A super copy. pp. xiii, 909. 24.1cm tall. View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. 2nd impression, 1943; first published in February 1943. In very good condition but pages significantly browned - a war economy standard book. Publisher's original red boards are clean, very slightly faded at spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and inscribed to him by the author, on the front endpape, dated May 1943. pp. 288. 22cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Blue cloth binding, black-ruled boards and gilt titles to spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good.Some foxing throughout. Black endpapers. No names or inscriptions. pp. viii, 238, 20 [publisher lists]. 17.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Small pocket-sized volume in original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the spine. An ideal graduation gift for an Oxford graduate! First edition, 1906. In overall very good condition. There is substantial foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. Pages otherwise clean. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Top edge gilt. pp. iv, 98, plates. 15.7cm tall. View More...